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I would presume you are right about losing the DD sound due to the delay. I also have optical output on my Sky+ box to my amp for all sound (be it DD5.1 or sport etc.) does the lip sync only happen on DD5.1 movies? Is the sound, say for Sky Sports, in sync when connected to the AE100?

Mine should be at home when I get there after work so will give it a whirl also. How much of an improvement on normal S-Video is the Prog-Scan via component via the JVC? Is it like going from a standard component DVD player to a Prog Scan one?

Be great for Euro 2004 and just in time for Chelsea v Arsenal tomorrow night, providing of course there is no lip sync.

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No I am running the svideo and audio from the sky plus into the scart socket of the jvc recorder - via the adaptor I mentioned - only a few pounds from Maplins.

The front svideo sockets I need to connect my divx player into it - for making - this way I can copy divx to dvd very easily - plus because the jvc takes all signals in and converts them to progressive - its a way of watching region 1 stuff progressively and also it will pass the signal thru to the projector.

It took me ages to figure it all out.....................

So now I have My Sky Plus box rgb'd to my tosh tvand also svideo to jvc recorder - my divx/dvd player is svideo/audio to front sockets of jvc recorder.My terrestrial aerial goes into aerial socket in back of jvc recorder - then out to my tv, optical audio out from jvc recorder to sony amp and optical audio out from sky box to sony amp and finally optical audio out from dvd/divx player to sony amp! So I just choose which input on the jvc recorder to record from - I have a choice of Sky Plus (svideo quality - very good), Dvd /Divx Player (svideo quality very good) or terresrial aerial (not so good).

Its the jvc video input settings meny thats the confusing thing - because by activating some sockets (ie component) - it shuts down others!

Make sure you choose sat - svideo for the bottom option if u r using the way I connected above with the adaptor - oh and if you get a black and white picture on your projector when you first put the jvc dvd recorder on - press setup - then exit out of it again - it seems to reactivate the prog scan circuitry after it has been switched off.

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Dave, cheers for the link. I'm thinking that my cable will do the same job as it too has the input/output switch.

After some playing with the machine last night after 'er indoors' had gone to bed I have come up with my positive and negatives:

Positives:
The picture quality when watching DVD's via Prog-Scan on my AE100 is amazing. Miles better than my Lidl ebench DVD Player. Best i've ever seen in fact.

Recording quality is also great and I burnt a DVD-R, finalised it and tried it in the ebench. Worked perfectly!!

Negatives:
Delay in sound when watching Sky+ via the recorder and into PJ

Lack of RGB input. I think that it will niggle away at me, thinking how much better it could (would) look if RGB was being inputted. I have never been a big S-Video fan as I always think there is a slight blur around things.

Lack of Multi-Region. I thought about just using this as my default player due to the excellent quality of pic but then realised there is no MR hack.

Overall:
For my first ever standalone DVD recorder I am very impressed overall with this player and for £200 it's a snip. That said I have been reading a lot about the forthcoming Panasonic E55 and the fact this is RGB in and can be modded for MR make it a tempting purchase. I could ebay this player and get enough to buy the E55 but for the time being I will enjoy the player.

One thing I wanted to do was to back up old VHS videos. Is the best way to take scart from vid into JVC? Don't think my video is RGB anyway so not an issue.

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Dave & Wozwebs, there are now a number of mid range home cinema amps on the market which allow you to delay the audio to compensate for lip sync errors produced by video processing such as progressive scan, scaling etc. Typically, the user can set the delay for between 0-200ms (ie. up to 1/5th of a second) and most will accept digital audio input (AC3 & DTS).

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I had the B&W problem at first but resolved it by 'messing about with the settings' (technical term). Sorry can't be of more help.

Going to see how much I use it in the next 2 weeks and if not at all then I may consider ebaying it to make a quick buck. Picture quality through prog scan of both Sky+ and DVD's is exceptional though.